UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, January 22, 2026
Ludogorets Razgrad LLLWD 0
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Rangers WWWWW 1
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LUD000
RAN101
Ibrox Stadium · 37,105 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Rangers beat Ludogorets for first Europa League win

Mohamed Diomande's first-half strike gave Rangers their first Europa League win of the season as they beat Ludogorets 1-0 at Ibrox.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
6
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
4
49.9
Possession
50.1
12
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
365
Accurate Passes
362
434
Passes
432
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
34
25
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
6
25
Effective Clearances
16
25
Clearances
16

Lineups

RAN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 37Emmanuel FernandezCD-L
  3. 24Nasser DjigaCD-R
  4. 30Jayden MeghomaLB
  5. 3Max AaronsRB
  6. 43Nicolas RaskinCM
  7. 10Mohammed DiomandeLM
  8. 11Thelo AasgaardRM
  9. 9Youssef ChermitiF
  10. 23Djeidi GassamaLF
  11. 47Mikey MooreRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Oliver AntmanSUB
  2. 99DaniloSUB
  3. 52Findlay CurtisSUB
  4. 2James TavernierSUB
  5. 6Joe RothwellSUB
  6. 31Liam KellySUB
  7. 61Lewis StewartSUB
  8. 51Calum AdamsonSUB
  9. 32Kieran WrightSUB
  10. 50Josh GentlesSUB
  11. 28Bojan MiovskiSUB

LUD · 4-2-3-1

  1. 39Hendrik BonmannG
  2. 4Dinis AlmeidaCD-L
  3. 24Olivier VerdonCD-R
  4. 3Anton NedyalkovLB
  5. 17SonRB
  6. 11CaioAM
  7. 23Deroy DuarteLM
  8. 30PedrinhoRM
  9. 29Yves BileF
  10. 77Erick MarcusAM-L
  11. 14Petar StanicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Matheus MachadoSUB
  2. 67Damyan HristovSUB
  3. 26Filip KalocSUB
  4. 1Sergio PadtSUB
  5. 2Joel AnderssonSUB
  6. 81Georgi PenevSUB
  7. 42Simeon ShishkovSUB
  8. 18Ivaylo ChochevSUB
  9. 55Idan NachmiasSUB
  10. 99Stanislav IvanovSUB
  11. 37Bernard TekpeteySUB

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Rangers 1, Ludogorets Razgrad 0. Mohamed Diomande (Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thelo Aasgaard following a corner.
  2. 55' Youssef Chermiti (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Mikey Moore (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 63' Substitution, Ludogorets Razgrad. Matheus Machado replaces Yves Bile.
  5. 63' Substitution, Ludogorets Razgrad. Bernard Tekpetey replaces Erick Marcus.
  6. 64' Substitution, Rangers. Bojan Miovski replaces Mikey Moore.
  7. 74' Substitution, Rangers. Findlay Curtis replaces Youssef Chermiti.
  8. 74' Substitution, Ludogorets Razgrad. Ivaylo Chochev replaces Pedro Naressi.
  9. 81' Emmanuel Fernandez (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 83' Max Aarons (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Nicolas Raskin (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90' Substitution, Ludogorets Razgrad. Joel Andersson replaces Son.
  13. 90' Substitution, Ludogorets Razgrad. Stanislav Ivanov replaces Caio Vidal.
  14. 90'+3' Findlay Curtis (Rangers) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+3' Hendrik Bonmann (Ludogorets Razgrad) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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